Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 150 metre individual medley SM4

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Men's 150m Individual Medley SM4
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 14 September
Competitors 11 from 10 nations
Winning time 2:33.57
Medalists
Cameron Leslie Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Vicente Javier Torres Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Takayuki Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

The men's 150m individual medley SM4 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the 13th Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao.

Beijing National Aquatics Center architectural structure

The Beijing National Aquatics Center, also officially known as the National Aquatics Center, and colloquially known as the Water Cube, is an aquatics center that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the swimming competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Despite its nickname, the building is not an actual cube, but a cuboid. Ground was broken on December 24, 2003, and the Center was completed and handed over for use on January 28, 2008. Swimmers at the Water Cube broke 25 world records during the 2008 Olympics.

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Results

Heats

Competed from 09:23.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Luque, Miguel Miguel Luque Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:48.08 Q
2 Smetanine David David Smétanine Flag of France.svg  France 2:54.70 Q
3 Ramirez, Sebastian Sebastian Ramirez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 3:00.45 Q
4 Batista, Moises Moises Batista Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3:08.13
Duangkeaw, Somchai Somchai Duangkeaw Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand DQ

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Leslie, Cameron Cameron Leslie Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:40.43 Q
2 Suzuki, Takayuki Takayuki Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:44.91 Q
3 Torres, Vicente Javier Vicente Javier Torres Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:46.89 Q
4 Bonacini, Filippo Filippo Bonacini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:58.06 Q
5 Tsakonas, Stylianos Stylianos Tsakonas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3:00.27 Q
6 Lopes, Nelson Nelson Lopes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3:15.06

Final

Competed at 17:36.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Leslie, Cameron Cameron Leslie Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:33.57 WR
Torres, Vicente Javier Vicente Javier Torres Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:40.91
Suzuki, Takayuki Takayuki Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:41.11
4 Luque, Miguel Miguel Luque Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:45.67
5 Smetanine David David Smétanine Flag of France.svg  France 2:46.19
6 Bonacini, Filippo Filippo Bonacini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:53.49
7 Tsakonas, Stylianos Stylianos Tsakonas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:57.99
8 Ramirez, Sebastian Sebastian Ramirez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 3:01.69

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DQ = Disqualified.

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